# Tiyākai, time of Nandivikramavarman, year 77

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00432

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00432.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Sluice inscription.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī-kō-vicai⟨ya⟩-nanti-vi⟨k⟩kira⟨2⟩ma-paruma¡r!⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu
Ēḻu⟨3⟩patt’ ē¿ḻḻ?⟨ḻ⟩-āvatiṉ pala⟨4⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (I/pi)muri ceykai

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °vicai⟨ya⟩° ⬦ °vicai° MR; °vicaiya° P.

⟨2⟩ Ēḻu⟨3⟩patt’ ē¿ḻḻ?⟨ḻ⟩āvatiṉ ⬦ (E)mu⟨3⟩pattēḻḻāvatiṉ MR;
Eḻu⟨3⟩pattēḻḻāvatiṉ P.

⟨4⟩ (I/pi)muri ⬦ Imuri MR; pimūri P.

## Translation

⟨1–3⟩ Year seventy-seven of the glorious and victorious king
Nantivikkiramaparumaṉ.[1]

⟨3–4⟩ ⟨This sluice is⟩ the workmanship of ...

## Bibliography

Edited in Maṅkai Rākavaṉ 2002 (Āvaṇam 13.4.1), in Arunkumar 2019–09–11.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on online photos in
Arunkumar 2019–09–11. Thanks to Centamiḻ Celvaṉ for pointing out the
existence of this inscription and its online photos.

### Primary

[MR] Maṅkai Rākavaṉ. 2002. “tiyākai maṟṟum mēlpākkam ērikkalveṭṭukaḷ.”
Āvaṇam 13, p. 9. Item 4:1.

[P] Arunkumar, Pankaj. 2019–09–11. Arunkumar Pankaj Facebook. [URL].

[1] Sanskrit Nandivikramavarman.